bacilloscopy

English

Etymology

bacillo- +‎ -scopy

Noun

bacilloscopy (plural bacilloscopies)

1. The examination of a diagnostic smear (typically of skin or sputum) in order to verify the presence of specific bacilli
   • 2012 December 17, Marcelo Rodrigues Bacci, José Jorge Namura, Andrea Thaumaturgo Lera, “Complicated urinary infection and extrapulmonary tuberculosis”, in BMJ Case Reports‎^[1], volume 2012, →DOI:

     Genitourinary tuberculosis is often diagnosed in the later stage due to the fact that the symptoms are non-specific and technical difficulties to isolate the tubercle bacillus through bacilloscopy or culture in specific medium are many.

Derived terms

• bacilloscopic

 

Related terms

• bacilloscopist